Necktie-holder



A. C.. POTTER.

NECKTIE HOLDER.-

APPLICATIQN FILED JUNE 10 I920.

1,37%322. Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

ARTHUR C. POTTER, 0F MISSION, TEXAS.

NEOKTIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Application filed June 10, 1920. Serial No. 388,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. Porrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mission, in the county of Hidalgo and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Necktie-Holders, of

- which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawlIlQS.

This invention relates to neck-tie holders and particularly to a holderfor preventing the neck-tie from sliding down toward the lower portionof the collar.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder of this charactercapable of being easily applied and which holds the neck-tie in theproper position indefinitely.

Another object is to provide a holder of this character which not onlyholds the tie in position, but prevents unbuttoning of the collar.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of this characterwhich adjusts itself to the height of the collar and size of the tie,and which is concealed beneath the tie.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a holder of thischaracter capable of being used in connection with a soft collar, to notonly hold the tie in proper position with respect to the collar, but toalso hold the shape of the soft collar through the medium of the tie.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theimproved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter moreparticularly, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar and neck-tie withthe neck-tie holder in position, the holder being-shown in dotted linesFig. .2 is a perspective view of the holder, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary and enlarged view of the ends of the wires shownin the formation of the spurs.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a collar and B the neck-tie. Itis a well known fact that unless the necktie is tied very tight it willbecome loose and move toward the lower portion of the collar and inorder to prevent this, it is necessary for the wearer to constantlyadjust the tie in order to keep it in the desired position. 011 theother hand if the tie is tied very tight it soon wears out and has to bediscarded.

In order to overcome these disadvantages, a holder is provided andconsists of a length of material 5 which may be either gold, silver ornickel plated steel wire. This length of material is bent at itsintermediate portions to form an eye 6, the portions or arms 7 and 8being extended divergently from the eye and coiled upon themselves toprovide opposed springs 9 and 10. The arm 11 is extended from the spring9 toward and in convergentrelation to the arm 12 which is extended fromthe spring 10. The end portions 13 of the arms 11 and 12 are extended inangular relation to said portions 11 and 12 closely adjacent and inparallel relation to their respective end portions 13 and 14 to providespurs or penetrating means 15 and 16. The spur 15 is coiled around theend portion 13, while the spur 16 is coiled around the end portion 14:,each spur being disposed in spaced parallel relation to each other, thecoiled portions of the spurs providing guides through which the adjacentend portions of the arms 11 and 12 are slidable. This permits the adjustment of the spurs toward and away from each other according to thesize of the collar.

In the use of the holder, the eye 6 is engaged with the front collarbutton, the springs 9 and 10 being disposed beneath the folds of thecollar while the spurs 15 and 16 are inserted in the knot or upperportion of the tie. It will be readily seen that in view of the springs9 and 10, that the holder will adjust itself to the height of thecollar, the springs also furnishing the necessary tension to maintainthe tie in the proper position at the upper portion of the collar.Another important feature is that the eye is disposed over the head ofthe collar button so that it is impossible for the collar to becomeaccidentally unbuttoned. Furthermore, if the holder is used inconnection with a soft collar it serves as a brace through thecooperation of the collar button, and the spurs 15 and 16 which throughthe medium of the springs 9 and 10 force the tie to the limit of itsupper movement with respect to the collar so that the soft collar isalways maintained in neat position.

This holder may be made from precious metal as it is simple inconstruction and requires only a small amount of material. It

can be Worn With comfort and is ingeniously concealed beneath the tie.It Will also be noted that the holder is constructed substandaily in theform of a diamond. This permits the springs to readily operate Withoutinterference from the remaining portion of the holder. In view of this,only one coil is necessary in forming the springs so that there are noprojections to cause bulging of the tie or collar.

What is claimed is l. A neck-tie holder comprising a length of materialhaving an eye formed in its intermediate portion adapted to engage acollar button, springs formed in the length between said eye and the endportions of the length, said end portions extending in angular relationto said length to provide penetrating means for insertion in a necktie.

2. A neck-tie holder comprising a length of resilient material having aneye formed in its intermediate portions, the portions of said length oneach side of the eye divergent from the eye, springs formed at the endsof the said divergent portions, the remaining portions of said lengthconverging from said springs toward each other, the end portions of thedivergent portions being extended in parallel relation to each other toprovide spurs.

3. A neck-tie holder comprising a length of resilient Wire bent at itsintermediate portion to provide an eye, said eye being adapted to engagea collar button, the portions of the Wire on each side of the eyedivergent from the eye and then coiled upon themselves to provideopposed springs, said Wire portions convergent from each spring towardeach other, the ends of said portions being extended in parallelrelation closely adjacent each other, the extremities of said endportions being arranged to encircle the adjacent end portions, toprovide guides, said extremities being disposed in spaced parallelrelation to each other and in right angular relation to said endportions to provide spurs.

In testimony Whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ARTHUR G. POTTER.

